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R E L T T E M W U (No Mo'deL) -s0REW CUTTING MACHINE;

Patented Jan. 23, 1894.

. INVENTOI? TTOHMEYS.

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SCREW CUTTING MACHINE."

No. 513,334 Patented Jan. 23, 1894.

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' be hereinafter described. and then. pointed:

. delivering the screw torthe devicejfor slot tingIthe head. 'Fi 9 is-atransverse'fs'ection I enlarged perspective v ew-aora'. clamping.

' 0 sleeve for the rod. Fig-L 1'2 isa perspective:

Fig. 14: is a likeview'oii tireca for actuating CASPER W. ME'ITLER OF BOONTON, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO ANNA MARIA METTLER, OF SAME PLACE.

SCREW-CUTTING MACHINE;

SPECIFICATION forming vpart of Letters Patent No. 513,334, dated 23, 1894. Application net February 16,1898. Serial r... 462.389.}110 model.)

To all whom it may cart/com.-v

. Be it known that I, OAsPERW. METTLER,.

a citizen of Switzerland, at present residing at Boonton,-inthe county of Morris and State tion.

' The-object of the invention is to provide a new and improved screw cutting machine designed to eompletelyformslotted head screws from a rod or piece of wire, in a veryrapid and economicatmanner.

The invention consists of certain pa ts-ans details and combination of the samegaswill out in-the claim's.

Referenceisto be had to'the accompanying.

drawings forminga partot this specification.

in which similar lettersof referenceiindicate corresponding parts in alt the figures. I

Figure} is a'plan viewof the improvementz Fig. 2' isa sectionalside elevation of the sam on the line 2--2-of'-Fig. l. Fig. 3. is a trans verse section of the same, on the line 3-3 of Fig. tie a likeview'of the same', on

plan view of the sa'me,on the line 6-1-6 of 5." Fig'.;7 -is';a transverse section otfthe' same on the line7- 7' of Fig.6. Fig. 8 is'attransverse 'section-ofpartlof the'jmeehanism for of the same,,on theline B -410i.iF-igt'l. Fig.

10fis a side elevationof the' screw holder for:

the-screw delivery mechanism; Fig.j1 -1 i san" view of the fronten'd:eti-anotlierelanrping,

sleeve for the-rod. Fig.13is'a perspective; view of: the cam for"aetnhting the carrisges" carrying the tools. for turning the screw shanksand cutting Qfi theserew from the-rod.

the mechanism 'for delivering ascrew=to the head slotting device. Figrlis iii-perspective for op-- The improved screw cutting machine .is provided with a suitably constructed frame A,'formed on its top plate-A" with-longitudia na11y extending guideWays A inevhich is fitted-to slidea head s'tockB- whichforms the feed. for-the rodGto be formed into screws as. hereinafter more fully described.

the under side of the head stock B, is arranged a vertically disposedifriction roller B engagedby a cam D servingxto impart a lohgitn'dinallsliding motion to the head stock 1 B irronedirection, the return movement being accomplished by; a spring B attached with oneend. to the'said head "stock; and withits other'endto themainframeA, as wiltberead i'ynnd erstood by r ference to Figs. 1 and 2.

i Tov the catn'D, shown indetailin Fig..15',is

qseenrod alongitudinally-extending cam shaft E mounted. to turn in suitable hearings in the feeds of the mainframe A, one outer end of the said, shaftfE being provided with a worm wheeYE, in mesh with a worm E secured on .the'transv'ersely extending main driving shaft E -jonrnaled in'sui-table hearings on this end viiiithe m'ain'fram'e A, and providedwith a driving pulley E connected by belt with suitablermachinery forim parting a rotary motion to the saidf'shaft E -in' the direction of the arrowa'; see' Fig. 2. The rotary motion of the shaft E is transmitted by the worm E and worm wheel E, to the cam shaft E, so

that the latter is caused to rotate in the direc- .tion of the arrow I); see Fig. 3.

j-The cam D for actuating the head stockB, is formed with a-d-isk D, on one face of which is arranged'a cam surface provided with a raised portion D which terminates in a flab,

part D terminating in a point D runn 1 ng'.to-t-he straight part D formed at its end 'Wlfll apomtDF, one side of which abruptly passes'back to the face of the disk D. Now, on every revolution of the shaft E, the frictionfroller B travels from the disk D up the vincl ne or raised portion D so as to move the head stock B forward to feed the rod 0 to the turning tool, to turn the wire down to form a shank of the desired. diameter.

has been done, the friction roller B' travels on the next part D to the point D, and dur- When this a5", more fully described."

- that during the'tiinethe friction roller-l3" travels over-the straight lD the shank is threaded, and when this has been accomplished, the friction roller B travels up the 5 pointl) to again feed the wire rod G forward for forming the head which is-then cut ed by the cut-ed tool, after which the friction roller travels down theabrupt side of the point .D

to permit the spring B to return. the head IQ stockiB to its normal outermost position shown inFignZ, 1 y

c inthe standards 13 of the head stockB is mounted to turn in suitable bearings, the

1 spindle F, madehollowaandcarrying a drivi5: ing pulley ll", and the two'loos e pulleys F tandF arranged on opposite sides of the driving pulley F A' belt G and'a cross belt G arranged one alongside the other engage the several pulleys as hereinafter more fully doso scribed, the said belts being shifted laterally by shifting forks G and G respectively, se-

cured on a shifting lever G fulcru med at G on toiimp'ai't a swinging motion to the shifting lever G and consequently to the forks G2 and G so as to move the belt Gfrom the driving pulley F onto the loose pulley W, or vice versa, and at the same time shifting the belt Gr from the loose pulley F onto the driving pulley F, or'vice versa. A spring G held in the head stock B presses on the lower end of the shiftingdever G so as to hold the friction roller G alwaysin frictional contact with the cam G", By this arrangement the spindle F is driven in one direction as long as the belt G is on the driving pulley F, and when the no cam G by its lug GE, actuates the shifting lever-G as abovedescribed, then the cross belt G engaging the driving pulley F rotates the latter in a reverse direction for returning the threaded screw from its die, as hereinafter In order to clamp the rod 0 inthe head stock LB, or to release the said red at the time. the head stock B returns; as above described,

I provide a clamping sleeve H, fitted loosely 5b in the hollow spindle F and through which passes the rod O.- The forward. end of the clamping sleeve H is formed with a conical head H, having one or more splits H and adapted to fit into acorresponding mouth 1?,

55 formed on the forward end of the said spindle F; see Fig. 2. Now, when this clamping sleeve H is moved forward so that'the head H is loosely engaged in the mouth 1?, then the clamping sleeve will not be rotated by do the revolving spindle F, and at the same time the rod 0 is loose in the said clampingsleeve and does not move'with it on the return movement of the head stock B. When the clampingv sleeve, H, however, is moved I) 5 r'earwardly, so that the conical head H passes into the mouth F, then the split head will firmly grasp the rod 0, and thus hold the same, and at the same time fasten the sleeve "H to the spindle F so'that the revolving of the latter causes a like movement of the clamping sleeve and the rod 0.

In order to shift the clamping sleeve H in the manner described, I. provide the enter end of the said sleevewith. a collar H? held in place by a set screw H and engaged by the I extend horizontally and are adapted to be spread apart or thrown outwardly bya conical spreading collar i mounted to slide loosely on the sleeve H and formed with an annular groove 1 engaged by a shifting fork: I fulcruniedat I on the head stock B, The lower end of this shifting lever i carries a friction roller Yada'pted to he actuated by the lug l of a cam l secured on the cam shaftlih It will be seen that when. the cont cal collar I is out of engagement with the lovers I then their lugs I do not press on the sleeve Hiso that the clamping sleeve H is not forced with. its head ll, into the mouth conical collar 1 is shifted forward by the ac tion of thecam I", then the leversl' are spread apart or thrown outwardly by the collar 1 and the lugs I press the sleeve H rearward ly, which, by its contact with the collar H causes a rearward sliding of the clamping sleeve H, so that its head H is pressed into the mouth F of the spindle F, as above de- -scribed,-and the clamping sleeve clamps the rod C and is itself locked to the sleeve F to rotate with the latter.

In order to limit the return the head stock B and to determine the length .of the head of the screw to be formed, I providetwo screws J and. J screwing in a slide J mounted to slide transversely in suitable guideways A formed in one end of the main frame A. The screws J and J are adapted to be alternately aligned with a log B formed on the underside of the head stock B, the

said screws projecting forwardly more orless,

to correspond with the desired return movement intended to be given to the head stock B at the proper time as hereinafter more fully describetL The slide 5 is provided with a friction roller J see Figs. 2 and 4c-engaged by the upper end of a lever J fulcrurned at J at the end of the frame A. On the lower end ofthis leverJ is held a friction roller J adapted to be actuated by a cam J held on. the cam shaft E and formed in'such a manner as to move the slide J transversely by acting on the friction roller of the lever l so as to bring the screws J and J" alternately in alignment with the lugs B The rod 6, after leaving the conical head H of the sleeve movement of F of the spindle F, and consequently the ICC) H, passes into and through a clamping sleeve K, held in a bracket K attached to the bed plate A of the main frame A. The sleeve K is slotted at its forward end, as plainly shown in Fig. 11,and is formed with a head K abutting against one face of the bracket K. The slotted end of the sleeve K, carries a collar K in which screws a set screw K adapted to press the slotted end of thesleeve K, so as to hold the rod (3 with more or less friction, it being understood that the set screw K is adjusted to permit the rod to be pushed forward, as previously described, at the time the headstock B actsas a feed, but the said sleeve prevents a return sliding movement of the rod 0 at thetime the head stock-B returns. From this clamping sleeve-K the rod passes through a bushing K held in a bracket K arranged in front of the bracketK' and'likewise secured to the bed plate A. The bushing K is in alignment with the clamping sleeve K and the latter is likewise in align-' ment with thesleeve' H. In front of this bushing K operatesthe. turning tool L and the cutting off toolNarranged opposite each other on' opposite sides of the rod" 0; see

F-igsll and 3. The turning toolLis held adjustable in a suitable tool post 1L. held on a tool carriage L, of any approved con:

struction, and heldtransversely adjustable bysuitable devices, on a slide-L mountedto slide transversely in suitable gu'idewa'ys A", arranged transversely on the bed plate A. A lever L, fulcrumed in the bed plate, engages with its upper end an opening-in the slide L (see Figs. 2 and 3) and the lower end of this lever carries a friction roller L traveling on a cam L held on a the. cam shaft E, and preferably formed on one faceot a disk I]; see Figs. 2 and 13. When the cam shaft- E revolves, the cam L imparts a swinging motion to the lever D, so that the slide 1.

is shifted laterally, to move the tool L into contact with the rod C. at thetime the latter is fed forward by the head stock B, so that the said tool L reduces the rod 0 to form a screw shank of thedesired length, according to the distance the headstock B carries, the rod 0 forward at that time. As soon as the forward feed of the rod 0 stops, then the cam L actuates the lever L to cause the slide L to move outward, so as to carry the turning tool L outward, away from the rod 0. It is understood that during the forward feed of the rod 0, the latter'is also turned so that the cutting tool L properly reduces the rod to form the shank.

' A formed on the bed plate A", opposite the The cut-0E tool N is arranged similarly to the turning tool Kand'is actuated in a like manner, and for this purpose the cut-off tool is held in a tool post l\l-mounted adj ustably on a carriage N held adjustable on a slide IN mounted to slide laterallyin guideways guideways A. A lever N fulcrumed in the bed plate engages with'its upper end the said slide N and on its lower end-carries a friction and N respectively.

The cutting tool N is moved in engagementwith the wire after the shank has been thread ed by the die 0, and after the heads stock B has again fed the rod '6 a distance forward corresponding to the length of the head of the screw to be formed. The die 0 is circular and is provided with the usual die teeth for cutting the desired thread on the shank C of therod O, and formed by the turning tool LI-ThedieO is secured by a set screw Q on a tube 0 mounted to slide longitudinally, in suitablebearings A formed on the main frame A at the rear end thereof; see Figs. 1 and 2." On one side of the tube 0 between the bearings A is secured a pin 0 resting on topof algage plate 0 mounted to slide lo ngitudinally in. suitable hearings on the main frameA and adapted to be adjusted longi tudinallyby a suitable turning screw 0 mounted toturn in bearings 0 On the side of the tube 0 opposite'the pin is formed a lon gitudinally-extendin g recess 0 engaged by a spring plate 0"- fastened to the. main frame. A, and serving to counteract the tendency of the die Oand tube 0 to rotate together with the screw blank when the same is revolved in one direction, while when the blank is rotated in the opposite direction, the pin 0 will hold the tube 0 against "rotation by engaging .the gage plate 0f The pin 0 will also indicate on the said gage plate the length of the threaded portion of the screw blank.

The outer end of the tube 0 is provided with a headed pin Otloosely engaged by an arm P formed with a hub P fitted to slide on a rod P supported on the main fram A; see Fig. 2. This hub P is formed with a downwardly-extending arm P carrying a friction roller P traveling on one face of a cam P provided with a projection P adapted to engage the friction roller P, so as to move the latter, the arm P, the hub P, the arm P, and the tube 0 with the die 0, toward the bush ing K to. engage the die 0 with the shankof the screw to be formed.v A spring P coiled on the rod l presses on-the end of the hub P, so as to hold the friction roller P in fric tional contact with the cam P and its l-ug 1?. When the shank has been reduced by the cutting tool L, and the latter has moved outward away from the shank, then the lug 1? acts on the friction roller P to move the tube 0 with the die 0 longitudinally so as to feed the diet) on to the reduced end S of the rod C and as the latter rotates at this time, the thread is out upon the reduced end by the die O.- As soon as thishas been done, the rod 0 with the die 0, moves rearwardly, and at the same time the motion of the rod 0 is too reversed, as above described, by shifting the belts G and G, so that the threaded shank unscrews from the retreating die 0. The

7 head stock B new again feeds the rod C.for-

The delivery mechanism is provided with two spring arms-Q and Q see Figs. 8 and 10, adapted to straddle the shank C, so as to secnrely hold and support the screw while trans- 'ferring it from the cutting mechanism to'the head slotting device. The spring arms Q and Q 'are secured on the free end of a lever Q arranged transversely and pivoted at Q on the forward end of a slide S mounted to slide transversely in suitable bearings formed on an extension A of the main frame A, the said extehsion supporting the entire head slotting mechanism.

' 0n the fulcrum end of the lever Q is formed a point Q see Fig. 9; adapted toengage a lug Q formed on a spring plate Q supported on the extension A. When the several parts are in the position shown in Fig, 9, and the spring plates Q and Q have taken hold of the screw shank, as shown in Fig. 10, and the slide S moves outwardly, then the point Q comes in contact with the lug Q whereby a swinging motion is given to the lever Q in the direction of the arrow (1, so that the said lever makes about a half-turn to carry the screw to the head slotting device. ,On the fulcrum end of the lever Q is also formed a shoulder Q adapted to be engaged by the said lug Q ed the inward movement of the slide S'so as to again actuate the lever Q that is, swing the same transversely inthe re-- verse direction 01; the arrow 01 to bring the spring plates Q and Q below the rod 0 pro.-

jecting beyond the bushing K so as to take holdof the shank C", after the latter has been threaded, as above described. The inner end of the slide Sis formed with a po'intS adapted to press the lug Q downward and also to limit the downwardswinging motion of the lever Q so as to hold the latterin proper open position with its spring plates Q and Q belowthe projecting end of the rod 0.

It is understood that the slide S moves far enough inwardly to permit the plate Q to force its lug Q upward under the pointS so as to-permit the point Q to swing as far upward as possible, to allow the lever Q to assume with its front end a position below the projecting end of the rod, so as to be out of the way ofthe plates Q and Q at the time the proj ectin g end of the rod is reduced, threaded and out off, as above described. The rearward end of the slide S is provided with two erases friction rollers 8*- between which passes the upper end of the lever .8 fulcrumed at S to r the extension A" and extending transversely under the camshaft E, as plainly illustrated in Figs. 3 and 9. Y

The forward end of the leverS carries :a friction roller 8* traveling on acam S, held on one face of a cam disk ST, and secured with the latter on the cam shaft'E. The cam S6 is formed in such a manner as to impart a transverse sliding motion to the slide S, as above described, to enable the lever Q to engage with its plates Q and Q, the screw and to carry the same over to the head slotting device R, as above described, and also to again return the lever Q to bring the latter in position for its. plates Q and Q to take hold of thenext screw. The screw held between the plates Q and Q is depositedbetween the open jaws R and R fulcrumed at.

R on a slideR slightly inclined and mounted to ,slide longitudinally in suitable bearings A formed in the extension A asplainly shown in Figs. 5 and 6. When the screw has been placed in the open jaws by the lever Q and the latter is again ready to return, then the screw is held in position bythe forked end T ofia lever T swinging down on topof the hearing A so that the forks extend to the sides of the spring plates Q and Q and when the latter swing outward with the lever Q the screw is pressed out between the spring plates by coming in contact with the now stationary=fork end T of-thc leverT. The latter is fulcrumed at T on the extension A and is pressed on at its end by a spring T so 'asto hold the lever T in a normal position shown in Fig. 9, that is the forked end T up- Ward away from the bearing A. While in this position, the arm Q with the plates Q and Q supporting the screw, can swing down to deliver the screw between the jaws R and R and after this, the leverT swings down to holdthe screw in place, as above described.

Inorder to impart the swinging motion to the lever T, the rear end of thelatter is provided at the under side with a wedge T", adapted to be engaged by a similar wedge or lug S formed on the outer end of the slide S; Now when the latter moves outwardly by the action of the lever S asabove described and after'the lever Q has swung upward in the direction of the arrow (1, as above described,

then the lug S comes in contact with the jaws R and R, as will be readily understood by reference to Fig. 6. The jaws R and R. are closed so as to securely clamp the screw at the time the slide R moves forward in the direction or the arrow e, so that the forward erases ends of the jaws come in contact with fixed pins A, projecting from the bearing A"; see

1 Figs, 6 and 7.

The front ends of the jaws R and-l8 are notched sons to form asuitable recess for the head of the screw, the shank C of which abuts at its end against a fixed pin when on the.

slide R The lower or outer end of the latter 'is provided with a headed serewglit loosely ,U' adapted to be engaged by a cam U iormecl on the face of the cam disk S carryingthe earn idiom-its other face; see Figs. 2 andl i. The carnU? is shaped so as to'actuate the le-. ver U at the propertime, to cause the slide to move forward afterthe screw has been pieced between. the jaws in the-manner above 7 described. The torward movement of the slide-ll, bringsthe forward ends of thejaws in contact withthe fixed pins-A9 so that the jaws elose'a'nd securely clamp the screw'in. place The forward movement of the., slide feeds the head of the screw onto a revolvmg critter V, which serves toform the usual slot in the head of the screw. This cutter V j is secured on a transversely-extending spindle 3o 'V jon rnaled on snitable'bearings on the guideway A and provided with a pulley V connected bya belt V -see Fig. 2-with suitable machinery for imparting a rotary 1110- time to the said spindle and the cntter V.;;

The latter is 'madeinthe shape of a circular saw as plainly illustrated in Fig; 5. 'When the slide R moves forward andis fed to the cutter V, as above'described, then apawl W :inlcrnmed on the hearing A drops behind the head of the screw, as plainly. shown in Fig, 5, so that when. the slide R returns, that,

is, moves in the inverse'direction of the arrow 6", then the said pawl W holds the screw in place and thus pushes it out from between the jaws R and R to permit the screw to finally drop through the open end of the hearing A A spring W presses on the pawl W.

to hold the latter in the proper position and to permit the pawl toswing upward overthe head of the screw at the time the slide Rf moves forward,

oral parts are in position as illustrated in Fig. 2, then the belt G drives the spindle F on which is clamped the sleeve H. holding-the rod 0, and the head stock B with its several parts, is now fed forward by the friction roller B traveling up the inclirieil'l of'thecam l),

."lhecuttirn tool L is in an innermost. osition, sothat as the rod 0 is fed forward it cuts therod to the desired thickness to form the shank for the screw. As soon as the desired length of the shank has been iorined,the

forward feeding of the head stock B ceases, the cutting tool L slides outwardly, away from the shank, and at about the same time, the die 0 advances and engages the shank,

so that the tnread'is cut thereomit being 211% derstood thatihe spindle F keeps on revolvingso as to screw the shank into the die.

When the thread has bemoan-the cam G acts on a belt shifter, so thatv the" belt G passes onto the fast pulley F and revolves the several parts in the opposite direction at the time the die 0 recedes, so that the shank is unscrewed from; the die.'- When this has been accomplished, the cam 1 actuatesthe releasing device connected with the sleeve H and spindle F, so that the sleeve 1-1 is releasedjfroin the spindle, and at the same t me releases'the' rod 0. Thehead stock B now 511E168 backward caused by the action of the spring 7 B andthe correspondingpart D on-the cam D. The rod C is held stationary by the clamping sleeve K. As soon as the carriage abuts on the screw J, then the rod 0 is vagain. clamped by the sleeve H and the latter is clamped .to the spindle .F, bythe" action of the cann'J on the lever Jf, iii the x'nanner described, and then; the headstock B is again fed iorwa'rda distance corresponding to the length of the head to be formed. As soon as this has been do'ne,the spring plates Q and Q engage the shank of the screw and at the same timethe out-off tool Niadvancesthatis,

slides inwardly, so as to cut oli the screw from the rod'C, which latter is, during this operation, revolving in the direction previously mentioned, that is, by the belt G turning the-fixed pulley F. As soon as the screw is out on the lever Q swingsrearwardly to deliver the screw to the spring pressed aws R and R and then the screw is disengaged from the spring plates Q and Q by the action oi the forked end '1" of the lever F as above described, The lever Q then-swings back to its normal position, aspreviously explained,

so as to. bring the plates-Q, and Q below the axial line of the rod C to be ready for the next screw. 'As soon as the lever Q com; mences to swing back, thetslide R 1s caused to move forward by the action of the cane. ll? on the lever if so that the screw 1s clamped between the jaws and fed to the cutter which now slots the head of the screw. ks soon as thishas beenacconiplished, the slide It recedes and the pawl W ejects the finished V screw from between-- thejaws. "Meanwhile The operation is as follows: When the sevire the sleevell disengages the rod 0 andis its i rivedat its rearmost position, the clamping mechanism is again actuated so that the sleeve H grasps the rod 0 and is locked to 'tliespindle F and the above described eperation is repeated.

- it will beseen that by this machine, screws are successively and automatically formed from a single rod, that is, the rod is'iied forwardan'd turned down to form ashank. Then the shank is threaded, the head is measured on, and the screw grasped by a special dein the head, and

. pending from. the sleeve and acarn "for forcthe carrier, of a gage cutting mechanismsand ism'for fecding'the-hlank-rod, pfa split sleeve erases vice,'is cut from the slotting device, which latter cuts the slot then thefinished screw is delivered to one sideof' the machine Having thus fully described my invention,

1 claimas new'and desire tofsecureby Letters Patcnt 1; The combination through which the. blank-rod passes from the feeding mechanism to the to guide saidjzjrod-"and hold it. friction-ally. against retraction upon trail-y as set forth,

cutting mechanisms, mgv mechanism, of an-in termediate split. sleeve toprevent retraction of the rod when" the fieedin'g mechanism recedes and a. set screw engaging the said splitsleev'e' to regulate its grasp on the rod,'the said sleeve 'lieing in" front and separate" and -independent-of the feeding mechanism, substantially as set forth.

3-. The combination of the frame,the main earn shaft, the blank-rod feeding, rotating and cutting mechanisms operated therefrom,- oi the longitudinally sliding die carrier pro vlded with an operating arm having a sleeve on 1ts lower end through which passes a guide rod mounted longitudinally on' the frame, a spring on the guide rod torging the sleeve and die-carrieroutwardly, an ariudeingihe sleeve and the die carrier inwardly against the action of -its spring,- substantially assetforth. p i

The combination in a screw cutting machine of the longitudinally sliding diecarrierhav ng a limited rotaryniovementja spring limiting such rotary'movement, a spring retraoti-ng the die carrier and a-cam' for forcing thesaid carrier-inwardly against the action or? its spring, substantially as set forth,

5, The combinationwith the longitudinally extending die carrier havi-ng a retracting spring, a cam for" moving the die carrier against the action of works, substantially as set forth,

6-, The combination with the nicking or slotting tool of a pair of automatically opera ing and closing clamping jaws movable to.-;

ward and from the slotting tool, anda-pawl or detentjo drop behind thehead of.-;the screw 1n the forward movement or the jawsand cause its removal as the jaws recedefrom the slottingtool, substantially as in place while the'lever-swings outward to forth.

7. The combination with theswinging lever ing jaws to which the screws. are deliwu'ed a releasing dev'ice'to engagelt'he screw as the the rod, and delivered to with the threading and; the feeding. mechatrcutting mechanism the rearward move-* ment of the'feeding mechanism, thesaid" sleeve being in front;- and separate and ind-e pendent of thefeeding' mechanism, substan its spring and-a pin on plate on-fwhich said pin i lever is moved away from the clamping jaws, a slotting or nicking tool in front of the clamping jaws and means for reciprocating the said clamping jaws toward and from the slotting or nicking tool, substantially as set forth. r v 7 8. The combination with the head slotting 'tool, of the slide movable toward. and from the, tool andhaving longitudinally extending spring expandedclamping jaws to graspithe screw and present its head to the tool, relativelyv stationary jaw closing devices between which, thcajaws are projectedin the outward movement ofithe slide and a support between the jaws for the inner end of the screw, substantially as set forth.

I 9. Ascrewcntting-machine'provided with a .-screw delivery mechanism, and. a head-slotting device intoiwhich discharges the said deliverymechanism, the said head-slotting mechanism comprising a reciprocating slide, spring-pressed jaws held on the said slide and into'which the screw is delivered by the said delivery mechanism, and a rotary cutter for slotting. the head of the screwheld in, the said i'j'aws, substantially as hownand described. 10. A- screw cutting machine provided with a screw-head-slotting device comprising, a rewhich the screw is clamped, jaw closing devicesin the path of the jaws as the slide is moved outwardly and a tool in front of the said-' slide for"slotting the head oi the screw held between the jaws, substantially as shown and described. I

11. Aserew cutting machine provided witha screw delivery mechanism, comprising a re ciprocating slide, a lever pivoted on the said slide and formed at its fulcru-med end witha the-free end of the said lever to clamp the screw, and a fixed spring plate having a lug adapted toengage-the said point and the said scribed-. t

12. A screw cutting machineprovided with a 5 delivery mechanism comprising a reciprocatplates held on the free end of the said lever gto clampthe screw in place, and a forked lever adapted to engage the screwto hold the v same in place while the lever swings outward to free the screw from the said spring plate, substantially as shown and described.

' 13; A screw cutting machine provided with a delivery mechanism comprising a reciprocat- I ing slide, a. lever pivoted thereon, spring plates held on the free end of the said lever adapted to engage the screw to hold the same free the screw from the said spring plate, and- .a log held on the said forked lever and-adapt- Eodto'beengaged by a similar lug on the 'said slide, substantially as shown and described.

' 1 Inascrcw cutting machine, the combine;

shoulder, substantially as shown and de-- g'ing slide, a lever pivoted thereon, spring eiprocating slide, spring pressed jaws held longitudinally on the said slide and between point 'and'a shoulder, spring plates held on .to clamp thescrew in place, a forked lever tionwith a tube having a reciprocating motion, a die secured on oueend of the said tube,

, a pin projecting from the saidtube, an indiF catin g plate adapted to be engaged by the said pin, and a spring plate adapted to engage a recess in-the side of the said tube, substantially as shown and described.

15, In a screw cutting machine, the combination with a reciprocating head stock provided with a log, ofscrews adapted to'loe brought alternately inalignmentwith the said leg to limit the return movementot the said head stock, a transverse slide carrying said screws and means for reciprocating the said slide,- substantially as shown and described.

16-. In a screw cutting machine, the combine tion with a reciprocating head stock provided with a lug, of screws adapted to be brought alternately in alignment with the said lug-to limit the return movement of the; said-head stock, a slide inwhich screw the said screws,- a camshaft provided with a cam, and a lever actuated by the said cam and adapted to actu:

ate the said slide, substantially as shown and described.v

-17. In a screw cutting machine, the combination with a reciprocating head stock provided witha lug, of screws adapted to be brought alternately-in alignment with the said log to limit the-return movement of the said head stock, a slide in which screw the said screws,

"a cam shaft provided with a cam, alever actuated by the said cam and adapted to actuate :the said slide, and a second cam held on the saidv cam shaft for imparting a reciprocating motion to thesaid head stock, substantially as shown and described; 7

18. The combination with the frame extension having a headslottingtooi, a-slide movable toward and from the tool and provided with spring retracted screw clamping jaws, and a pin or support between the screws for or projections for closing the jaws, the pawl to drop behind the head of the screw, and a lever pivoted between-itsends,havinga forked end crossing the jaws and provided at its outer end with -a depending beveled lug or incline and a spring, of aslide provided at one end with a screw delivery lever to deliver screws "to the clamping jaws, and at its opposite end having a cam or lug to engage that on the forked lever, and a spring armon the frame extension for actuating the delivery lever as its slide is reciprocated and means for reciprocating the said two slides, substantially as set-forth v CASPER W. METTLER.

Witnesses:

'Tnno. G. Hos'rER,

C. SEDGWICK.

the inn er end of the screw, the stationary lugs 1 

